Clear light to medium to dark amber yellow orange colour with a small to average to large, frothy - fizzy, good - fair lacing, mostly lasting - diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, light to moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120726]

Bottle@Kittys, Helsinki. Goldeny amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, caramelly and also has some slight gluelike notes. Flavour is fruity, grassy, herbal and mild earthy notes. Quite a primitive IPA, but still got a good body to it.

Draught @ Kaisla, Helsinki.
Pours an unclear ambcer colour without a head. Aroma of sweet berries, light hops and perfume. Flavour of sweet malts, grains, nuts, sweet berries, yeast and hops. Medium bodied, thin mouthfeel and a stuffy, sweet, light bitter finish. Way too sweet for an IPA. This is more of an Amber Ale, but still too thin and stuffy.

(Draught at Kaisla, 20120202) The beer poured copper coloured and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were hops, grass, malts, mild roastedness and medium bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy, malty and bitter. I know this was supposed to be a Black IPA but colour is no way black. A clean beer from De Molen which is nice.

Pours murky reddish brown color with a small foamy light brown head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, malts and hops. Taste is quite strange with a lot of sweet malts, some hops and hints of milk and chocolate. Finish is silky smooth with hints of bitterness. Overall quite untypical, probably this wasn’t supposed to end up like this. Tastes more like a sweet brown ale/milk stout than a (black) IPA.

Draught @Kaisla 1.2.2012. Poured hazy brown color with a white head. Aroma was fruity hoppy and malty, with some weizen/sahti-like notes clearly noticeable, ripe bananas came to mind directly. Flavor was yeast, roasted malt and hops. Very easy to drink, alcohol well hidden. Liked this one quite a lot. Not very bitter and not very Black IPA either though.

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